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Post by napanzee on Aug 9, 2017 16:24:54 GMT
It seems that naterdawg doesn't understand that when a fan has a favorite actor, whose performances the fan has enjoyed since the fan was a child, that actor can very much seem like family to the fan, because that actor has always been a part of the fan's life, and when the actor dies, it can "UPSET" the fan greatly, because the actor is no longer going to be around to entertain the fan. Fan's being "UPSET" over the death of their favorite actors have been occurring for decades, and will continue to happen in the future, no matter what naterdawg thinks, or says on this discussion forum! I don't think naterpup (too immature to be a dog) understands very much, period.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 9, 2017 16:46:48 GMT
MCDemuthSeems we see this pretty much the same way.
The people we only know from the screen (or the speaker) touch us in ways that "real" people never can. If they disappoint us, there is always their next project to redeem themselves. "Real" people can hurt us on a personal level and it's a lot harder to forgive them. Famous people die and it's sometimes just a feeling of, "ok, but they seem to have had a good life" or "whoa, that's really sad, so young!. Some even get the "good ! they were nasty nasty people and I won't miss seeing them ever again" reaction But some are special and as such "upset" is the only way to describe the feeling when they die.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Aug 9, 2017 17:20:44 GMT
Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Gilda Radner John Candy Roy Buchanan Ronnie Montrose Ronnie James Dio Phil Hartman Robin Williams
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Post by Archelaus on Aug 9, 2017 19:24:24 GMT
Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joan Rivers, Wayne Allwine, Michael Clarke Duncan
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Post by naterdawg on Aug 9, 2017 21:29:29 GMT
Whatever the case, it's not "sad" when someone 93 years old dies. Cripes, they've lived a long life. It's sad when someone 32 dies, like Karen Carpenter. THAT'S a reason to get upset. Or can't you grasp this simple concept?
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Aug 9, 2017 21:36:54 GMT
Arizona Cardinals Safety Pat Tillman, in 2004, who was almost the exact the same age as my brother.
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Post by marianne48 on Aug 10, 2017 2:04:26 GMT
When I was a kid, I always liked seeing Jack Benny whenever he popped up on some variety show or talk show. He was like the funny grandfather/elderly uncle that I never had in my family (my father was the oldest male relative I had growing up, and he wasn't exactly a mirthful guy). Then in the early '70s, when a local UHF station began re-running his TV show, I watched faithfully every day. So when I was 12 and the news reported that he was dying (right around Christmastime, too) I was in tears (I was probably the only 12-year-old in my circle who even knew who he was).
Gilda Radner started making appearances in the media after her bout with cancer, claiming that she'd recovered. She even appeared on It's Garry Shandling's Show, looking and acting so ecstatic about her recovery that she seemed about to burst. That's why it was such a shock when her death was reported.
Jim Henson--a real shock. A smart, hard-working, creative guy, taken down because he didn't think to get treatment for a bad cold.
Charles Schulz--his death itself wasn't such a surprise; he'd been ill with cancer and announced that he was ending the Peanuts comic strip. But it was the timing of his death that got to me--he died the day before his last strip (saying goodbye to his fans) appeared in newspapers.
Robin Williams--for the reasons other posters here have mentioned.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 10, 2017 2:14:13 GMT
marianne48 Oh My. How could I have neglected to mention Jim Henson ? When the Muppets did that tribute to him and said that's what the boss would have wanted ... a happy show.... ! AND Schulz : and
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 2:35:52 GMT
Probably Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, since I grew up with their music. They were childhood icons who have always just been there. I guess I could say the same about Prince and George Michael, but 2016 was already such a bad year, it didn't have as much of an impact. Now I'm waiting for Madonna to die...
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Post by Nora on Aug 11, 2017 3:15:27 GMT
Celebrity deaths does not upset me. I only get upset over things that matter like my own family and friends dying. Not over some peoplei have seen on tv or heard singing. Now please tell me what a cold hearted asshole i am. arent you even a little bit upset if someone who produces (any form of) art that you Really enjoy dies, thus you know there will be no more? Thats the part that upsets me. I would certainly enjoy hearing more music from David Bowie, Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, and would love to see more roles that Alan Rickman or Robin Williams or Phillip Seymour Hoffman would portray. They all provided me with so many happy experiences. Thus when they died I was sad that it means no more of their art… to me these people were so unique that their deaths really stood out.
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Post by azzajones on Aug 11, 2017 5:11:40 GMT
Wasn't a single celebrity, but I was quite saddened to learn 5 of the actors from Babylon 5 had died, and to make things worse it's now 6
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 7:43:42 GMT
Celebrity deaths does not upset me. I only get upset over things that matter like my own family and friends dying. Not over some peoplei have seen on tv or heard singing. Now please tell me what a cold hearted asshole i am. arent you even a little bit upset if someone who produces (any form of) art that you Really enjoy dies, thus you know there will be no more? Thats the part that upsets me. . No
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Post by rmcrae on Sept 3, 2017 1:15:05 GMT
Aaliyah. I was 14 when she died and a huge fan of hers. I remember my mom telling me she'd passed when she woke me up for church. That tragedy could've been prevented.
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Post by NewtJorden on Sept 3, 2017 1:18:19 GMT
Brittany Murphy and Carrie Fisher
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Post by SciFive on Sept 3, 2017 19:58:58 GMT
Robin Williams Paul Walker Glen Campbell
I'm not sure why Glen Campbell's death upset me so much. I knew he'd been very ill so it wasn't a surprise, but I guess I heard some of his songs after the death announcement and I realized how pretty they were.
I couldn't stop singing "Wichita Lineman" for a week after hearing it on the day of his death.
Robin Williams was just a stunner - especially since he killed himself. His illness did it to him. He was losing his mind and knew it, apparently.
Paul Walker's death was an absolute shock. I'd been watching his various movies (Fast & Furious, plus Eight Below) for years and it was just a shock that he died in a fiery car crash. I couldn't watch his movies again for a long time.
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Post by someguy on Sept 3, 2017 20:12:19 GMT
Michael Jackson's death upset me not only because of the death itself, but because of society's reaction to it. A VAST majority of the people I knew had mostly negative things to say about Michael for about the last 15 years of his life. Then, once he died everybody who was bashing him relentlessly in life suddenly became a fan in death, when he was no longer around to actually hear their kind words.
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Post by HirundoRustica on Sept 4, 2017 21:18:32 GMT
Paul Walker.
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Post by naterdawg on Sept 5, 2017 5:59:06 GMT
Aaliyah. I was 14 when she died and a huge fan of hers. I remember my mom telling me she'd passed when she woke me up for church. That tragedy could've been prevented. Who?
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Post by naterdawg on Sept 5, 2017 5:59:49 GMT
Michael Jackson's death upset me not only because of the death itself, but because of society's reaction to it. A VAST majority of the people I knew had mostly negative things to say about Michael for about the last 15 years of his life. Then, once he died everybody who was bashing him relentlessly in life suddenly became a fan in death, when he was no longer around to actually hear their kind words. I don't know where you live, but all I heard was negativity, even after he died.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 6:17:37 GMT
No. I don't really get overly upset over celebrity deaths like I am sad when they pass away and am disappointed we won't get any more albums from them when they are artists or lead vocalists of bands I am a fan of but if I don't know them personally it doesn't have much of an affect on me. One thing I will say is I hate how hypocritical the media can be with celebrity deaths.Before Michael Jackson died they were always calling him a weirdo and bringing up allegations of him being a pedophile and before Whitney Houston died they were calling her a dried up has been and tearing strips out of her for the concerts she played leading up to her death but after they died Michael become the King of Pop and Whitney Houston was the greatest female vocalist of all time and these were the exact same journalists who were constantly putting them down before they died.
With that being said, one death that surprised me was Brittany Murphy's 'cause of how young she was.
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